rectoress means A governess; a rectrix. Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 87 out of 100.
Etymology
From rector + -ess.
noun
- A governess; a rectrix.“Diſſembling griefe, as one that knevv not ill, / So can ſhe rule the greatneſſe of her mind, / As a moſt perfect Rectoreſſe of her vvill, / Aboue the vſuall vveakneſſe of her kind; […]”
- The wife of a rector.“In this way the worthy Rectoress consoled herself : and her daughters sighed, and sate over the Peerage all night”